Shooting Low-Lit Scenes (Low Noise Night Mode) - Nikon COOLPIX P7000 User Manual

Shooting Low-lit Scenes (Low Noise Night Mode)

The ISO sensitivity is controlled automatically to a high level. This allows you to
capture the atmosphere of a low-lit scene and shoot pictures with a low amount of
noise without using the flash. It also reduces the effects of camera shake and
subject movement when shooting at the telephoto zoom position.
• The available image size is
• The ISO sensitivity is set automatically within the range of ISO 400 to 12800.
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Rotate the mode dial to O (low noise night).
• The camera enters low noise night mode.
2
Frame the subject and take the picture.
• In the default setting, the camera automatically selects
one or more of the nine focus areas containing the
subject closest to the camera. When the subject is in
focus, the focus area (active focus area) lights in green
(maximum of nine areas) (A84).
• To use the flash, raise the built-in flash.
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Functions Available in Low Noise Night Mode
• The flash mode (A32) can be changed, and the self-timer (A35), focus mode (A40), AF area
mode (A84) and exposure compensation (A43) can be adjusted.
• Rotate the quick menu dial to a or c and press the quick menu button to select the following
settings.
- a: Image quality (A68) and Image size (A70)
NRW (RAW) pictures cannot be recorded. Only the following image sizes are available:
C 2048×1536 (default setting), B 1600×1200, A 1280×960, J 1024×768 and f
640×480.
The settings in Image quality and Image size are not applied to other shooting modes.
- c: White balance (A76)
• The functions in the low noise night menu can be set. See "Low Noise Night Menu" (
more information.
C
Built-in ND Filter
When the subject is too bright, set Built-in ND filter (A184) in the setup menu (A167) to reduce
the light and shoot.
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C
2048×1536 or smaller.
A
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